HomeRevisiting Bucari After Typhoon FrankBucari in Leon, Iloilo’s little Baguio, used to be frequently featured here in Explore Iloilo for being a great place to visit especially during the summer. During the height of typhoon frank last year, there have been videos of Bucari uploaded in yout By Marcos Detourista on April 7, 2009Bucari in Leon, Iloilo’s little Baguio, used to be frequently featured here in Explore Iloilo for being a great place to visit especially during the summer. During the height of typhoon frank last year, there have been videos of Bucari uploaded in youtube that showed the main site of Brgy. Bucari (Sitio Camandag) covered with floodwaters. Fortunately, Bucari didn’t suffer any casualties, just a landscape that has suffered so much change due to the onslaught of Typhoon Frank. Here are pictures of Bucari taken a few months ago:As you can see, much of the town is now covered by dirt (dried up mud) and the Aganan River drastically looks very different now. The once raging springs and waterfalls have become somewhat subdued and silent.Sitio Tabionan, the campsite where the pinetrees are found, was unaffected by the flood since it’s located at a higher point than the river.It could probably take at least a couple of years before Bucari will revert to its once pristine condition.Don’t leave yet. There’s more!Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website ΔThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Comments jud saysMay 20, 2011 at 5:01 pmi really love your comments and recommendations…… however, i need to correct some wrong infoz that you’ve posted here….. first in line, camandag is a brgy. not just a sitio of bucari… to prove this.. all of the pictures posted here were taken in camandag…. with regards to conserving the environment,,, i am very sure that the inhabitants there are doing their part. what happened during typhoon frank nobody predicted nor expect for it..Reply manny hanny saysApril 2, 2011 at 10:00 amdoug:Turn right to a road when you reach Brgy. Bacolod, Lakadon. Your landmark is a transportation wsiting shed.go to the tourism office of the municipality of leon or call 09207124912 for reservations.Reply reyz saysSeptember 24, 2010 at 1:16 pmmahambal ko lang,,. i love this place.. and i miss this place..balik ko d soon.. see u there..Reply manny hanny saysJuly 15, 2010 at 5:21 amI’ve got good news for you guys…as of July 2010 concrete roads are now being built from Maliao to sitio Bacolod and Lakadon. Concomitant with this is a spa resort being constructed a sitio Bacolod with phase 1 well on the way…ecotourism and vegetable organic farming are being planned with the community as prime mover and participant…that means conceptually, it is envisioned that every resident will be putting up rooms and bathrooms for guests pretty much like communities around the great wall of china. Not that tourists in the droves are welcomed….far from it…only responsible environmentally conscious tourists will be embraced…please, no carpetbagging entrepreneur with no respect for the environment…we want buildings that are solar powered and blends right into the environment….the waterfall section has recovered and waters are raging however the sitio of Camandag has to come up with regulation on the communities and the bible school students that freely wash their food and clothes directly to the pools and streams…that has to stop. Water can be diverted to their facilites…heaven only knows where they relieve and defecate. There’s a lot of potential in the area for eco-tourism…it is still more pristine than Baguio, and you don’t see old growth pine trees in Salvador Benedicto and Guintubhan in Negros though the temperature are similar.Reply grantdoug saysNovember 9, 2010 at 2:35 pmThough there has been talk of resort development, I recently returned from riding my MTB in Bucari and saw no evidence of resort construction or signage. There was a concrete road built in the steepest section of the climb, however, between there and Bucari the road was in terrible condition and only navigable by Jeepneys outfitted with chains. Mud ruts were as deep as my bike is tall – 1 meter. It is a real shame that one of prettiest places in the Vasayas is serviced by impassable mud soaked rutted roads.Reply pinetree saysMarch 12, 2010 at 11:05 am” I can survive, I can help, I can give fresh air, but if you will cut and burn me, I am useless “. You are my MASTER, I can’t preserve my life because of YOU.Reply ycej saysMarch 12, 2010 at 10:56 am“our future will depend on what kind of environment we have, so, let’s conserve our nature as we conserve our life”Reply Binshu saysApril 9, 2009 at 12:28 pmAs to what I know as an environmental scientist, it will probably take more than a couple of years (at a minimum) for the place to recover. Based on the last two pictures, the mountain area is still deforested. It would be nice (or even admirable) if that area is planted with more NATIVE tree species. If we could increase the forest cover, recovery would be faster and the ecosystem becomes more resilient to disasters. Let’s not just leave nature alone, give a helping hand. Just wanted to share my thought.Reply Rex saysApril 12, 2009 at 1:51 pmRight! NATIVE tree species. Not just mahogany and still more mahogany.Reply
jud saysMay 20, 2011 at 5:01 pmi really love your comments and recommendations…… however, i need to correct some wrong infoz that you’ve posted here….. first in line, camandag is a brgy. not just a sitio of bucari… to prove this.. all of the pictures posted here were taken in camandag…. with regards to conserving the environment,,, i am very sure that the inhabitants there are doing their part. what happened during typhoon frank nobody predicted nor expect for it..Reply
manny hanny saysApril 2, 2011 at 10:00 amdoug:Turn right to a road when you reach Brgy. Bacolod, Lakadon. Your landmark is a transportation wsiting shed.go to the tourism office of the municipality of leon or call 09207124912 for reservations.Reply
reyz saysSeptember 24, 2010 at 1:16 pmmahambal ko lang,,. i love this place.. and i miss this place..balik ko d soon.. see u there..Reply
manny hanny saysJuly 15, 2010 at 5:21 amI’ve got good news for you guys…as of July 2010 concrete roads are now being built from Maliao to sitio Bacolod and Lakadon. Concomitant with this is a spa resort being constructed a sitio Bacolod with phase 1 well on the way…ecotourism and vegetable organic farming are being planned with the community as prime mover and participant…that means conceptually, it is envisioned that every resident will be putting up rooms and bathrooms for guests pretty much like communities around the great wall of china. Not that tourists in the droves are welcomed….far from it…only responsible environmentally conscious tourists will be embraced…please, no carpetbagging entrepreneur with no respect for the environment…we want buildings that are solar powered and blends right into the environment….the waterfall section has recovered and waters are raging however the sitio of Camandag has to come up with regulation on the communities and the bible school students that freely wash their food and clothes directly to the pools and streams…that has to stop. Water can be diverted to their facilites…heaven only knows where they relieve and defecate. There’s a lot of potential in the area for eco-tourism…it is still more pristine than Baguio, and you don’t see old growth pine trees in Salvador Benedicto and Guintubhan in Negros though the temperature are similar.Reply
grantdoug saysNovember 9, 2010 at 2:35 pmThough there has been talk of resort development, I recently returned from riding my MTB in Bucari and saw no evidence of resort construction or signage. There was a concrete road built in the steepest section of the climb, however, between there and Bucari the road was in terrible condition and only navigable by Jeepneys outfitted with chains. Mud ruts were as deep as my bike is tall – 1 meter. It is a real shame that one of prettiest places in the Vasayas is serviced by impassable mud soaked rutted roads.Reply
pinetree saysMarch 12, 2010 at 11:05 am” I can survive, I can help, I can give fresh air, but if you will cut and burn me, I am useless “. You are my MASTER, I can’t preserve my life because of YOU.Reply
ycej saysMarch 12, 2010 at 10:56 am“our future will depend on what kind of environment we have, so, let’s conserve our nature as we conserve our life”Reply
Binshu saysApril 9, 2009 at 12:28 pmAs to what I know as an environmental scientist, it will probably take more than a couple of years (at a minimum) for the place to recover. Based on the last two pictures, the mountain area is still deforested. It would be nice (or even admirable) if that area is planted with more NATIVE tree species. If we could increase the forest cover, recovery would be faster and the ecosystem becomes more resilient to disasters. Let’s not just leave nature alone, give a helping hand. Just wanted to share my thought.Reply
Rex saysApril 12, 2009 at 1:51 pmRight! NATIVE tree species. Not just mahogany and still more mahogany.Reply